River in a very fine agricultural district. The soil is of the richest quality and timber and water are abundant. We traveled with horse and buggy.

One evening we called at a nice-looking farmhouse, and asked for lodgings. The lady made some objections, and finally said: "We cannot keep you, because we have the smallpox here. I well knew it was only an Irish ruse, and said no more, but went and got some straw to put under the buggy, fixed some blankets around it for curtains and prepared to lodge by the roadside.

The old lady came out and looked at the preparations awhile, and said, as she saw the wife and baby: "You ought to come into the house and not be slapin' in the road all night."

"Oh, no; we would not do that for anything, as you have smallpox in the house, you know." She blushed and went her way, evidently ashamed of the lie she had told.

That summer Brother Ellis and myself held meetings in Mankato City. The work went slowly, but some took their stand to obey God.

Sunday Sacredness Texts

One day, while visiting, I had a very interesting conversation with a marble worker. He was very certain that the New Testament taught the sacredness of Sunday. I told him I never discovered it, but if he had any light upon it, I hoped he would be kind enough to point it out to me. He impressed me as an honest, sincere man, and I greatly desired a more extended interview with him, to which he seemed perfectly willing. So he agreed to come to the tent the next Sunday afternoon to point out to me New Testament proof for Sunday keeping. He came, according to appointment, and we began our investigation. He did not claim any command for Sunday keeping, but founded it upon the example of Christ and the apostles. But Paul says:

"If there is no law requiring Sunday observance, then there is no sin in not observing it. But never mind, let us have the example."